Hepatitis A virus infection presenting with seizures

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 652-653

  Cam, Sebahat ^a   Ertem, Deniz ^a   Koroglu, Ozge Altun ^a   Pehlivanoglu, Ender ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Convulsion; Extrahepatic; Hepatitis A; Neurologic complication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CONVULSION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 22244446501     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000168754.24478.6d     Document Type: Article

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